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Retain your usual bedtime routines the night before surgery. Familiarity will help settle the child. Reinforce the lessons of no drinking or eating. If you must rise before the regular routine, remind the child that you will be in to wake him up in plenty of time to get ready. Then get a good night's sleep yourself.